FARMINGTON, Utah — The Big Sky Conference today announced its 2023-24 Scholar Athlete class today and Eastern Washington athletics was represented by
Madelyn Knight and
Erik Sarlvik.
Knight graduated in June with her degree in Mathematics and Sarlvak graduated with his degree in Management. Both Knight and Sarlvak held a 4.0 GPA.
To be eligible for this award, the student-athlete must have exhausted his or her intercollegiate athletic eligibility and/or be a member of the graduating class, earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 (on a 4.0) scale, been a participant in a Big Sky-sponsored sport, completed at least two (2) years of intercollegiate competition at the institution, and been a letter winner.
The conference had 22 total student-athletes earning Scholar Athlete awards, representing the Big Sky's full-time members and football affiliate universities.
Knight raced up the EWU performance lists this past season in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
The senior set the program record in the indoor 60m hurdles (8.37) and is second all-time in the women's 400m (56.30). She was also part of the 4x400m relay teams that hold the seventh (3:52.28) and 10th (3:52.74) fastest times in Eastern history. During the outdoor season, Knight recorded the second-fastest time in the 100m hurdles (13.76) and eighth in the 400m (1:01.37). The Walla Walla, Wash. native earned five Big Sky All-Academic awards in her five seasons
Sarlvik finished his career with 11 wins in doubles and eight in singles. The Stockholm, Sweden native earned three Big Sky All-Academic awards and one ITA All-Academic honor in his four years with the Eagles.
ABOUT EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
Eastern Washington University Athletics sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports, six for men and eight for women, both as learning opportunities for its most athletically talented students and as an enhancement to student and community life. Eastern is affiliated with Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is a member of the Big Sky Conference, an association of 10 regional schools with comparable enrollments and academic goals.
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